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So I keep hearing people argue that Conor is surely dead by referring to his videos with Chris Van Heerden, Artem, and the solo one where people spliced it next to Floyd's. Hell, people keep bringing up the clip of Nate stunning Conor (before they went to the floor) as proof.
But the Chris Van Heerden vid was in prep for the second Nate fight, and was by all accounts the first real pro Conor sparred with. Conor trained with some Irish Olympian amateur boxers, but I doubt any of them were on Chris' level. And it's not like Conor was starched by Chris, he definitely landed his shots but you could see he never trained for a dedicated boxer and wasn't familiar with opponents just standing in your striking range.
Since then Conor has enlisted pro boxers for sparring that have been used by other Floyd opponents, even Manny.
As for the solo training session, I thought it was pretty clear Conor was working on his power shots. Meanwhile Floyd showed impressive cardio and concentration in a drill that doesn't require power shots. We don't know whether that snippet was from the end of Conor's session or not either. But you show Floyd throwing uppercuts on the heavy bag and see whether he puts the same volume and speed.
Conor punching at throwing cards looks stupid, but he looks already exhausted in that vid so of course he looks sloppy as fuck. As long as Conor isn't running his whole camp through Ido like he did for RDA/Nate I, I'm fine with a bit of unorthodox reflex training.
Even Leonard Ellerbe thinks Conor's camp is manipulating the public perception. Nobody advertises their best hits in training, otherwise their opponents would parse through them and prepare.
But the Chris Van Heerden vid was in prep for the second Nate fight, and was by all accounts the first real pro Conor sparred with. Conor trained with some Irish Olympian amateur boxers, but I doubt any of them were on Chris' level. And it's not like Conor was starched by Chris, he definitely landed his shots but you could see he never trained for a dedicated boxer and wasn't familiar with opponents just standing in your striking range.
Since then Conor has enlisted pro boxers for sparring that have been used by other Floyd opponents, even Manny.
As for the solo training session, I thought it was pretty clear Conor was working on his power shots. Meanwhile Floyd showed impressive cardio and concentration in a drill that doesn't require power shots. We don't know whether that snippet was from the end of Conor's session or not either. But you show Floyd throwing uppercuts on the heavy bag and see whether he puts the same volume and speed.
Conor punching at throwing cards looks stupid, but he looks already exhausted in that vid so of course he looks sloppy as fuck. As long as Conor isn't running his whole camp through Ido like he did for RDA/Nate I, I'm fine with a bit of unorthodox reflex training.
Even Leonard Ellerbe thinks Conor's camp is manipulating the public perception. Nobody advertises their best hits in training, otherwise their opponents would parse through them and prepare.
